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diamond
(mass)
diamond
- diamant
diamond
(encz)
diamond,démant n: Zdeněk Brož
diamond
(encz)
diamond,diamant n: Pavel Machek
diamond
(encz)
diamond,káro v kartách Nijel
Diamond
(gcide)
Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F.
diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel,
diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence
of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.]
1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and
beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for
extreme hardness.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals,
often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually
colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even
black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond
as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for
use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting
faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much
increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said
to be of the first water when very transparent, and of
the second or third water as the transparency
decreases.
[1913 Webster]

2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight
lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two
obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
[1913 Webster]

3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of
a diamond.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid,
used for ornament in lines or groups.
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5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a
side, having the bases at its angles.
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6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing,
except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
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Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado.

Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol.

Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil
(Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster
and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.

Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus
punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with
white spots.

Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is
set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard
substances, esp. for boring in rock.

Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often
kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous
white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.

Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a
roll.

Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for
pulverizing hard substances.

Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is
diamond-shaped.

Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia
(Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake.

Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool,
for cutting glass.
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Diamond
(gcide)
Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), a.
Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as,
a diamond chain; a diamond field.
[1913 Webster] Diamond anniversary
diamond
(wn)
diamond
n 1: a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and
polished and is valued as a precious gem
2: very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem [syn:
diamond, adamant]
3: a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled
equilateral parallelogram [syn: rhombus, rhomb,
diamond]
4: a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red
rhombuses on it; "he led a small diamond"; "diamonds were
trumps"
5: the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and
home plate [syn: baseball diamond, diamond, infield]
[ant: outfield]
6: the baseball playing field [syn: ball field, {baseball
field}, diamond]
diamond
(foldoc)
Diamond

One of five pedagogical languages based on Markov algorithms,
used in "Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine Independent
Language for the Study of Semantics", B. Higman, ULICS Intl
Report No ICSI 170, U London (1968). (cf. Brilliant,
Nonpareil, Pearl[3], Ruby[2]).
diamond
(vera)
DIAMOND
Development and Integration of Accurate Mathematical Operations
in Numerical Data-processing (ESPRIT)
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(encz)
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(encz)
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(encz)
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(encz)
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(encz)
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(encz)
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(encz)
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diamonds
(encz)
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(encz)
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trojka Pino
polycrystalline diamond
(czen)
Polycrystalline Diamond,PCD[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad
Black diamond
(gcide)
Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F.
diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel,
diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence
of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.]
1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and
beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for
extreme hardness.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals,
often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually
colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even
black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond
as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for
use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting
faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much
increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said
to be of the first water when very transparent, and of
the second or third water as the transparency
decreases.
[1913 Webster]

2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight
lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two
obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
[1913 Webster]

3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of
a diamond.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid,
used for ornament in lines or groups.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a
side, having the bases at its angles.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing,
except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
[1913 Webster]

Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado.

Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol.

Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil
(Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster
and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.

Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus
punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with
white spots.

Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is
set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard
substances, esp. for boring in rock.

Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often
kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous
white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.

Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a
roll.

Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for
pulverizing hard substances.

Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is
diamond-shaped.

Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia
(Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake.

Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool,
for cutting glass.
[1913 Webster]Black \Black\ (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to
Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[aum]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k,
OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not
akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.]
1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the
color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark
color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a
color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
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O night, with hue so black! --Shak.
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2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in
darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the
heavens black with clouds.
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I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.
--Shak.
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3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;
destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;
cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. "This day's black
fate." "Black villainy." "Arise, black vengeance." "Black
day." "Black despair." --Shak.
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4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;
foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
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Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;
as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,
black-visaged.
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Black act, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a
felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to
hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or
disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for
malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been
called black acts.

Black angel (Zool.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida
(Holacanthus tricolor), with the head and tail yellow,
and the middle of the body black.

Black antimony (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,
Sb2S3, used in pyrotechnics, etc.

Black bear (Zool.), the common American bear ({Ursus
Americanus}).

Black beast. See {B[^e]te noire}.

Black beetle (Zool.), the common large cockroach ({Blatta
orientalis}).

Black bonnet (Zool.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza
Sch[oe]niclus}) of Europe.

Black canker, a disease in turnips and other crops,
produced by a species of caterpillar.

Black cat (Zool.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America
allied to the sable, but larger. See Fisher.

Black cattle, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in
distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]

Black cherry. See under Cherry.

Black cockatoo (Zool.), the palm cockatoo. See Cockatoo.


Black copper. Same as Melaconite.

Black currant. (Bot.) See Currant.

Black diamond. (Min.) See Carbonado.

Black draught (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of
senna and magnesia.

Black drop (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation
consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.


Black earth, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.

Black flag, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a
skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.

Black flea (Zool.), a flea beetle (Haltica nemorum)
injurious to turnips.

Black flux, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,
obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of
niter. --Brande & C.

Black Forest [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in
Baden and W["u]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient
Hercynian forest.

Black game, or Black grouse. (Zool.) See Blackcock,
Grouse, and Heath grouse.

Black grass (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus
Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.

Black gum (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or
pepperidge. See Tupelo.

Black Hamburg (grape) (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of
dark purple or "black" grape.

Black horse (Zool.), a fish of the Mississippi valley
(Cycleptus elongatus), of the sucker family; the
Missouri sucker.

Black lemur (Zool.), the Lemurniger of Madagascar; the
acoumbo of the natives.

Black list, a list of persons who are for some reason
thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list
of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made
for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See
Blacklist, v. t.

Black manganese (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,
MnO2.

Black Maria, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried
to or from jail.

Black martin (Zool.), the chimney swift. See Swift.

Black moss (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the
southern United States. See Tillandsia.

Black oak. See under Oak.

Black ocher. See Wad.

Black pigment, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,
or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of
printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.


Black plate, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.

Black quarter, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a
shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.

Black rat (Zool.), one of the species of rats ({Mus
rattus}), commonly infesting houses.

Black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.

Black rust, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist
matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.

Black sheep, one in a family or company who is unlike the
rest, and makes trouble.

Black silver. (Min.) See under Silver.

Black and tan, black mixed or spotted with tan color or
reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of
dogs.

Black tea. See under Tea.

Black tin (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,
stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form
of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.

Black walnut. See under Walnut.

Black warrior (Zool.), an American hawk (Buteo Harlani).
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Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;
Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
[1913 Webster]
Bristol diamond
(gcide)
Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F.
diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel,
diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence
of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.]
1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and
beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for
extreme hardness.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals,
often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually
colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even
black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond
as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for
use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting
faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much
increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said
to be of the first water when very transparent, and of
the second or third water as the transparency
decreases.
[1913 Webster]

2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight
lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two
obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
[1913 Webster]

3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of
a diamond.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid,
used for ornament in lines or groups.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a
side, having the bases at its angles.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing,
except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
[1913 Webster]

Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado.

Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol.

Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil
(Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster
and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.

Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus
punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with
white spots.

Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is
set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard
substances, esp. for boring in rock.

Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often
kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous
white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.

Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a
roll.

Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for
pulverizing hard substances.

Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is
diamond-shaped.

Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia
(Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake.

Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool,
for cutting glass.
[1913 Webster]Bristol \Bris"tol\, n.
A seaport city in the west of England.
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Bristol board, a kind of fine pasteboard, made with a
smooth but usually unglazed surface.

Bristol brick, a brick of siliceous matter used for
polishing cultery; -- originally manufactured at Bristol.


Bristol stone, rock crystal, or brilliant crystals of
quartz, found in the mountain limestone near Bristol, and
used in making ornaments, vases, etc. When polished, it is
called Bristol diamond.
[1913 Webster]
Diamond
(gcide)
Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F.
diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel,
diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence
of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.]
1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and
beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for
extreme hardness.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals,
often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually
colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even
black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond
as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for
use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting
faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much
increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said
to be of the first water when very transparent, and of
the second or third water as the transparency
decreases.
[1913 Webster]

2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight
lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two
obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
[1913 Webster]

3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of
a diamond.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid,
used for ornament in lines or groups.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a
side, having the bases at its angles.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing,
except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
[1913 Webster]

Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado.

Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol.

Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil
(Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster
and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.

Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus
punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with
white spots.

Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is
set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard
substances, esp. for boring in rock.

Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often
kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous
white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.

Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a
roll.

Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for
pulverizing hard substances.

Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is
diamond-shaped.

Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia
(Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake.

Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool,
for cutting glass.
[1913 Webster]Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), a.
Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as,
a diamond chain; a diamond field.
[1913 Webster] Diamond anniversary
Diamond anniversary
(gcide)
Diamond anniversary \Diamond anniversary\, Diamond jubilee
\Diamond jubilee\, etc.
an anniversary celebrated upon the completion of sixty, or,
according to some, seventy-five, years from the beginning of
the event commemorated.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Diamond beetle
(gcide)
Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F.
diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel,
diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence
of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.]
1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and
beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for
extreme hardness.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals,
often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually
colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even
black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond
as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for
use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting
faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much
increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said
to be of the first water when very transparent, and of
the second or third water as the transparency
decreases.
[1913 Webster]

2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight
lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two
obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
[1913 Webster]

3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of
a diamond.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid,
used for ornament in lines or groups.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a
side, having the bases at its angles.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing,
except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
[1913 Webster]

Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado.

Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol.

Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil
(Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster
and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.

Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus
punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with
white spots.

Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is
set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard
substances, esp. for boring in rock.

Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often
kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous
white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.

Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a
roll.

Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for
pulverizing hard substances.

Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is
diamond-shaped.

Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia
(Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake.

Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool,
for cutting glass.
[1913 Webster]
Diamond bird
(gcide)
Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F.
diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel,
diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence
of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.]
1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and
beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for
extreme hardness.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals,
often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually
colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even
black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond
as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for
use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting
faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much
increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said
to be of the first water when very transparent, and of
the second or third water as the transparency
decreases.
[1913 Webster]

2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight
lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two
obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
[1913 Webster]

3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of
a diamond.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid,
used for ornament in lines or groups.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a
side, having the bases at its angles.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing,
except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
[1913 Webster]

Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado.

Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol.

Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil
(Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster
and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.

Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus
punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with
white spots.

Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is
set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard
substances, esp. for boring in rock.

Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often
kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous
white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.

Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a
roll.

Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for
pulverizing hard substances.

Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is
diamond-shaped.

Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia
(Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake.

Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool,
for cutting glass.
[1913 Webster]
Diamond drill
(gcide)
Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F.
diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel,
diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence
of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.]
1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and
beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for
extreme hardness.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals,
often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually
colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even
black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond
as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for
use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting
faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much
increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said
to be of the first water when very transparent, and of
the second or third water as the transparency
decreases.
[1913 Webster]

2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight
lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two
obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
[1913 Webster]

3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of
a diamond.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid,
used for ornament in lines or groups.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a
side, having the bases at its angles.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing,
except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
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Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado.

Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol.

Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil
(Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster
and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.

Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus
punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with
white spots.

Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is
set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard
substances, esp. for boring in rock.

Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often
kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous
white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.

Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a
roll.

Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for
pulverizing hard substances.

Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is
diamond-shaped.

Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia
(Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake.

Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool,
for cutting glass.
[1913 Webster]Drill \Drill\, n.
1. An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making
holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with
its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a
succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill
press.
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2. (Mil.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the
military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution
of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict
instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of
any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as,
infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill.
[1913 Webster]

3. Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity
and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin
grammar.
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4. (Zool.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which
kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through
the shell. The most destructive kind is {Urosalpinx
cinerea}.
[1913 Webster]

Bow drill, Breast drill. See under Bow, Breast.

Cotter drill, or Traverse drill, a machine tool for
drilling slots.

Diamond drill. See under Diamond.

Drill jig. See under Jig.

Drill pin, the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem
of the key.

Drill sergeant (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer whose
office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and
to train them to military exercises and evolutions.

Vertical drill, a drill press.
[1913 Webster]
Diamond finch
(gcide)
Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F.
diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel,
diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence
of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.]
1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and
beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for
extreme hardness.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals,
often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually
colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even
black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond
as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for
use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting
faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much
increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said
to be of the first water when very transparent, and of
the second or third water as the transparency
decreases.
[1913 Webster]

2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight
lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two
obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
[1913 Webster]

3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of
a diamond.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid,
used for ornament in lines or groups.
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5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a
side, having the bases at its angles.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing,
except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
[1913 Webster]

Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado.

Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol.

Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil
(Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster
and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.

Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus
punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with
white spots.

Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is
set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard
substances, esp. for boring in rock.

Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often
kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous
white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.

Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a
roll.

Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for
pulverizing hard substances.

Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is
diamond-shaped.

Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia
(Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake.

Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool,
for cutting glass.
[1913 Webster]Finch \Finch\ (f[i^]nch), n.; pl. Finches (f[i^]nch"[e^]z).
[AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc
a finch; also E. spink.] (Zool.)
A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to
the family Fringillid[ae].
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Note: The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch,
goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc.
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Bramble finch. See Brambling.

Canary finch, the canary bird.

Copper finch. See Chaffinch.

Diamond finch. See under Diamond.

Finch falcon (Zool.), one of several very small East Indian
falcons of the genus Hierax.

To pull a finch, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting
person. [Obs.] "Privily a finch eke could he pull."
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
Diamond groove
(gcide)
Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F.
diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel,
diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence
of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.]
1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and
beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for
extreme hardness.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals,
often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually
colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even
black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond
as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for
use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting
faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much
increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said
to be of the first water when very transparent, and of
the second or third water as the transparency
decreases.
[1913 Webster]

2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight
lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two
obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
[1913 Webster]

3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of
a diamond.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid,
used for ornament in lines or groups.
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5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a
side, having the bases at its angles.
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6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing,
except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
[1913 Webster]

Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado.

Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol.

Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil
(Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster
and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.

Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus
punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with
white spots.

Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is
set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard
substances, esp. for boring in rock.

Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often
kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous
white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.

Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a
roll.

Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for
pulverizing hard substances.

Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is
diamond-shaped.

Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia
(Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake.

Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool,
for cutting glass.
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Diamond jubilee
(gcide)
Diamond anniversary \Diamond anniversary\, Diamond jubilee
\Diamond jubilee\, etc.
an anniversary celebrated upon the completion of sixty, or,
according to some, seventy-five, years from the beginning of
the event commemorated.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Diamond mortar
(gcide)
Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F.
diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel,
diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence
of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.]
1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and
beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for
extreme hardness.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals,
often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually
colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even
black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond
as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for
use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting
faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much
increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said
to be of the first water when very transparent, and of
the second or third water as the transparency
decreases.
[1913 Webster]

2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight
lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two
obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
[1913 Webster]

3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of
a diamond.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid,
used for ornament in lines or groups.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a
side, having the bases at its angles.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing,
except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
[1913 Webster]

Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado.

Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol.

Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil
(Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster
and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.

Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus
punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with
white spots.

Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is
set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard
substances, esp. for boring in rock.

Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often
kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous
white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.

Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a
roll.

Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for
pulverizing hard substances.

Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is
diamond-shaped.

Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia
(Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake.

Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool,
for cutting glass.
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Diamond snake
(gcide)
Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F.
diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel,
diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence
of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.]
1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and
beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for
extreme hardness.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals,
often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually
colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even
black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond
as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for
use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting
faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much
increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said
to be of the first water when very transparent, and of
the second or third water as the transparency
decreases.
[1913 Webster]

2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight
lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two
obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
[1913 Webster]

3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of
a diamond.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid,
used for ornament in lines or groups.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a
side, having the bases at its angles.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing,
except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
[1913 Webster]

Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado.

Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol.

Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil
(Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster
and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.

Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus
punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with
white spots.

Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is
set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard
substances, esp. for boring in rock.

Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often
kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous
white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.

Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a
roll.

Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for
pulverizing hard substances.

Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is
diamond-shaped.

Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia
(Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake.

Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool,
for cutting glass.
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Diamond State
(gcide)
Diamond State \Diamond State\
Delaware; -- a nickname alluding to its small size.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
diamondback
(gcide)
Rattlesnake \Rat"tle*snake`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*sn[=a]k`), n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of venomous American snakes
belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or
Sistrurus; sometimes also called rattler. They have a
series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail
which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common
rattlesnake of the Northern United States ({Crotalus
horridus}), and the diamondback rattlesnake (also called
diamondback rattler, and diamondback) of the South and
East (Crotalus adamanteus) and West (Crotalus atrox), are
the best known. See Illust. of Fang.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

Ground rattlesnake (Zool.), a small rattlesnake ({Caudisona
miliaria} or Sistrurus miliaria) of the Southern United
States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on
its head.

Rattlesnake fern (Bot.), a common American fern
(Botrychium Virginianum) having a triangular decompound
frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising
from the middle of the frond.

Rattlesnake grass (Bot.), a handsome American grass
(Glyceria Canadensis) with an ample panicle of rather
large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated
parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the
rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass.

Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under Plantain.

Rattlesnake root (Bot.), a name given to certain American
species of the composite genus Prenanthes ({Prenanthes
alba} and Prenanthes serpentaria), formerly asserted to
cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Called also {lion's
foot}, gall of the earth, and white lettuce.

Rattlesnake's master (Bot.)
(a) A species of Agave (Agave Virginica) growing in the
Southern United States.
(b) An umbelliferous plant (Eryngium yuccaefolium) with
large bristly-fringed linear leaves.
(c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris
squarrosa}).

Rattlesnake weed (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus
Hieracium (Hieracium venosum); -- probably so named
from its spotted leaves. See also Snakeroot.
[1913 Webster]Diamond-back \Di"a*mond-back`\, n. (Zool.)
The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast ({Malacoclemmys
palustris}).
[1913 Webster]
Diamond-back
(gcide)
Rattlesnake \Rat"tle*snake`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*sn[=a]k`), n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of venomous American snakes
belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or
Sistrurus; sometimes also called rattler. They have a
series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail
which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common
rattlesnake of the Northern United States ({Crotalus
horridus}), and the diamondback rattlesnake (also called
diamondback rattler, and diamondback) of the South and
East (Crotalus adamanteus) and West (Crotalus atrox), are
the best known. See Illust. of Fang.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

Ground rattlesnake (Zool.), a small rattlesnake ({Caudisona
miliaria} or Sistrurus miliaria) of the Southern United
States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on
its head.

Rattlesnake fern (Bot.), a common American fern
(Botrychium Virginianum) having a triangular decompound
frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising
from the middle of the frond.

Rattlesnake grass (Bot.), a handsome American grass
(Glyceria Canadensis) with an ample panicle of rather
large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated
parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the
rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass.

Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under Plantain.

Rattlesnake root (Bot.), a name given to certain American
species of the composite genus Prenanthes ({Prenanthes
alba} and Prenanthes serpentaria), formerly asserted to
cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Called also {lion's
foot}, gall of the earth, and white lettuce.

Rattlesnake's master (Bot.)
(a) A species of Agave (Agave Virginica) growing in the
Southern United States.
(b) An umbelliferous plant (Eryngium yuccaefolium) with
large bristly-fringed linear leaves.
(c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris
squarrosa}).

Rattlesnake weed (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus
Hieracium (Hieracium venosum); -- probably so named
from its spotted leaves. See also Snakeroot.
[1913 Webster]Diamond-back \Di"a*mond-back`\, n. (Zool.)
The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast ({Malacoclemmys
palustris}).
[1913 Webster]
diamondback rattler
(gcide)
Rattlesnake \Rat"tle*snake`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*sn[=a]k`), n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of venomous American snakes
belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or
Sistrurus; sometimes also called rattler. They have a
series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail
which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common
rattlesnake of the Northern United States ({Crotalus
horridus}), and the diamondback rattlesnake (also called
diamondback rattler, and diamondback) of the South and
East (Crotalus adamanteus) and West (Crotalus atrox), are
the best known. See Illust. of Fang.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

Ground rattlesnake (Zool.), a small rattlesnake ({Caudisona
miliaria} or Sistrurus miliaria) of the Southern United
States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on
its head.

Rattlesnake fern (Bot.), a common American fern
(Botrychium Virginianum) having a triangular decompound
frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising
from the middle of the frond.

Rattlesnake grass (Bot.), a handsome American grass
(Glyceria Canadensis) with an ample panicle of rather
large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated
parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the
rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass.

Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under Plantain.

Rattlesnake root (Bot.), a name given to certain American
species of the composite genus Prenanthes ({Prenanthes
alba} and Prenanthes serpentaria), formerly asserted to
cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Called also {lion's
foot}, gall of the earth, and white lettuce.

Rattlesnake's master (Bot.)
(a) A species of Agave (Agave Virginica) growing in the
Southern United States.
(b) An umbelliferous plant (Eryngium yuccaefolium) with
large bristly-fringed linear leaves.
(c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris
squarrosa}).

Rattlesnake weed (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus
Hieracium (Hieracium venosum); -- probably so named
from its spotted leaves. See also Snakeroot.
[1913 Webster]
diamondback rattlesnake
(gcide)
Rattlesnake \Rat"tle*snake`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*sn[=a]k`), n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of venomous American snakes
belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or
Sistrurus; sometimes also called rattler. They have a
series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail
which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common
rattlesnake of the Northern United States ({Crotalus
horridus}), and the diamondback rattlesnake (also called
diamondback rattler, and diamondback) of the South and
East (Crotalus adamanteus) and West (Crotalus atrox), are
the best known. See Illust. of Fang.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

Ground rattlesnake (Zool.), a small rattlesnake ({Caudisona
miliaria} or Sistrurus miliaria) of the Southern United
States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on
its head.

Rattlesnake fern (Bot.), a common American fern
(Botrychium Virginianum) having a triangular decompound
frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising
from the middle of the frond.

Rattlesnake grass (Bot.), a handsome American grass
(Glyceria Canadensis) with an ample panicle of rather
large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated
parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the
rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass.

Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under Plantain.

Rattlesnake root (Bot.), a name given to certain American
species of the composite genus Prenanthes ({Prenanthes
alba} and Prenanthes serpentaria), formerly asserted to
cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Called also {lion's
foot}, gall of the earth, and white lettuce.

Rattlesnake's master (Bot.)
(a) A species of Agave (Agave Virginica) growing in the
Southern United States.
(b) An umbelliferous plant (Eryngium yuccaefolium) with
large bristly-fringed linear leaves.
(c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris
squarrosa}).

Rattlesnake weed (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus
Hieracium (Hieracium venosum); -- probably so named
from its spotted leaves. See also Snakeroot.
[1913 Webster]
Diamonded
(gcide)
Diamonded \Di"a*mond*ed\, a.
1. Having figures like a diamond or lozenge.
[1913 Webster]

2. Adorned with diamonds; diamondized. --Emerson.
[1913 Webster]
Diamondize
(gcide)
Diamondize \Di"a*mond*ize\, v. t.
To set with diamonds; to adorn; to enrich. [R.]
[1913 Webster]

Diamondizing of your subject. --B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
Diamond-point tool
(gcide)
Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F.
diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel,
diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence
of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.]
1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and
beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for
extreme hardness.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals,
often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually
colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even
black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond
as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for
use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting
faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much
increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said
to be of the first water when very transparent, and of
the second or third water as the transparency
decreases.
[1913 Webster]

2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight
lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two
obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
[1913 Webster]

3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of
a diamond.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid,
used for ornament in lines or groups.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a
side, having the bases at its angles.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing,
except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
[1913 Webster]

Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado.

Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol.

Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil
(Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster
and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.

Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus
punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with
white spots.

Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is
set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard
substances, esp. for boring in rock.

Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often
kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous
white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.

Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a
roll.

Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for
pulverizing hard substances.

Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is
diamond-shaped.

Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia
(Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake.

Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool,
for cutting glass.
[1913 Webster]
Diamond-shaped
(gcide)
Diamond-shaped \Di"a*mond-shaped`\, a.
Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.
[1913 Webster]